An inclusive term that covers any camera that converts images to digital signals. Often used to refer to standalone still video cameras.
These are cameras which record images on to electronic media. There is no film. Digital cameras are very similar to film cameras in many ways and particularly their controls. However the images are recorded into electronic media and can be transferred into a computer via an interface cable or a memory card plugged into a computer adaptor.
cameras that store images, digitally rather than recording them on film, which can be downloaded to a computer system.
Usually in the guise of a 35mm compact camera, a digital camera takes similar pictures but processes them as JPEG files onto a Smart Card rather than by exposing film. Also, digital cameras have large LCD displays on the back, for ease of composition, as well as an old-style viewfinder.
Digital cameras capture optical image data as digital signals through an image sensor. Use of such devices has surged, as they do not require film and allow users to print out photos with consumer-grade printers. When such cameras first hit the market in 1995, the image quality was inferior to that of film cameras. That is changing, however, as the quality of both digital cameras and printers has steadily improved. As a result, not only are film cameras seeing rapidly shrinking demand, but their shipment value now trails that of their digital counterparts. Casio Computer Co., Seiko Epson Corp., Toshiba Corp. and other consumer electronics and information device manufacturers initially dominated the market. These days, however, optical device makers such as Olympus Optical Co., Fuji Photo Film Co. and Canon Inc. are prevailing, though electronics giant Sony Corp. remains the industry leader.
Cameras which unlike the older analogue cameras, outputs digital image files.
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